Tourism company Southern Discoveries is investing in a fleet of new buses to service day trips from Queenstown to Milford Sound.
A local bus builder is constructing three new purpose-built, low-emissions Scania 400EB coaches offering excellent viewing, comfort and enhanced safety.
The buses feature an extra-wide glass roof that makes the most of the alpine scenery on this world-renowned journey and comfortable reclining seats with plenty of legroom.
The announcement comes as Southern Discoveries celebrates impressive growth, with significant investment over the past eight years in its Milford Sound and Queenstown operations.
Southern Discoveries chief executive officer Tim Hunter said the company prided itself on its exceptional customer service and was always looking for new ways to improve products and services to enhance the client’s experience.
“With visitor numbers to Milford Sound continuing to rise, we’re expecting high demand for our new coach and cruise day trips from Queenstown,” says Hunter.
“The road to Milford Sound is a tourism experience in itself, and these new coaches will enable us to offer a seamless service from Queenstown, on vehicles and vessels that are purpose-built for sightseeing,” he says.
“We’ll provide multi-lingual commentary en route and ensure we have some day trip options to suit the needs of a wide range of visitors,” says Hunter.
Southern Discoveries is Milford Sound’s first cruise operator and has been owned by the Queenstown-based Skeggs family since 2008. The company now operates six cruising vessels and has 130 staff members in Queenstown, Te Anau and Milford Sound.
Southern Discoveries will launch its new coach and cruise products from Queenstown to Milford Sound from August 2017.
